absorbed

Example Sentences

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Gough says he has absorbed roughly half the cost surge because passing it to consumers is risky, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

This means that roughly 1.3 molybdenum-based metal complexes were activated for every photon absorbed, exceeding the usual limit and demonstrating that more energy carriers were produced than incoming photons.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told a packed room on Monday that oil prices had not yet fully absorbed the effects of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Audrey says she sets boundaries with social media and doesn't read comments because "you have to differentiate reality from online, otherwise you get absorbed in it".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

I had absorbed all I could for one day.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson